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......:~†*                ~~@    @~~                *†~:......
.....:~†*@              ~~@  LIFE  @~~              @*†~:.....
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.:~†*@&¶## ~  ~ @ A MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS  @ ~ ~ ##¶&@*†~:.
..:~†*@&¶# ~   @   DOES    NOT   HELP.   WE   @   ~ #¶&@*†~:..
...:~†*@&¶ @     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     @ ¶&@*†~:...
....:~†*@& ~   @    WHAT   WE   ARE,    AND   @   ~ &@*†~:....
.....:~†*@ ~  ~  @  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  @  ~  ~ @*†~:.....
......:~†* ~   @   ARE",    BUT   THEN   WE   @   ~ *†~:......
.......:~† @    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    @ †~:.......
........:~ ~  @  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  @  ~ ~:........
.........: ~ ~ @  ENTAILS,  HOW  IT  SHOULD @  ~  ~ :.........
.......... ~   @   BE  MEASURED,   WHO   OR   @   ~ ..........
.......... @     WHAT    IS    THE    ARBITER,    @ ..........
.......... ~   @   AND   SO   INSTEAD   THERE  @  ~ ..........
.......... ~   ~   @   IS   THIS    INTERNATIONALLY ..........
.......... SANCTIONED      LIST      @     ~      ~ ..........
.......... ~  ~  ~  ~  @ OF CRITERIA  @  ~  ~  ~  ~ ..........
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.......... - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      ..........
.......... - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ..........
.........: - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  :.........
........:~ - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ~:........
.......:~† - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     †~:.......
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